Galapagos

A week in the Galapagos Islands, with many scuba dives, and some visits onto the islands to see the native animals.

2024 Galapagos

May 2024

Tiger Snake Eel

Chocolate Chip Sea Star

Razor Surgeonfish School

Galapagos Two Spot Octopus

Harlequin Wrasse

Harlequin Wrasse

Galapagos Bull Head Shark

Scalloped Hammerhead Sharks

White Tip Shark

2024 Galapagos

May 2024

Blue Footed Booby

Male Frigate Bird

Tiger Snake Eel (May 26, 2024)

Tiger Snake Eel (May 26, 2024)

School of Fish (May 26, 2024)

School of Fish (May 26, 2024)

Galapagos Grunt (the yellow striped fish), blue and gold snapper, and Amarillo Snapper

104 0909 (May 26, 2024)

104 0909 (May 26, 2024)

Chocolate Chip Sea Star (May 26, 2024)

Chocolate Chip Sea Star (May 26, 2024)

104 0920 (May 26, 2024)

104 0920 (May 26, 2024)

Razor Surgeonfish School (May 26, 2024)

Razor Surgeonfish School (May 26, 2024)

Marine Iguana (May 27, 2024)

Marine Iguana (May 27, 2024)

Split shot - half below the water, half above

Galapagos Two Spot Octopus (May 27, 2024)

Galapagos Two Spot Octopus (May 27, 2024)

Marine Iguana (May 27, 2024)

Marine Iguana (May 27, 2024)

Swimming in the water, eating algae off the rock underwater.

104 1053 (May 27, 2024)

104 1053 (May 27, 2024)

Harlequin Wrasse (May 27, 2024)

Harlequin Wrasse (May 27, 2024)

Endemic to the Galapagos

Harlequin Wrasse (May 27, 2024)

Harlequin Wrasse (May 27, 2024)

Endemic to the Galapagos

Mola Mola (May 27, 2024)

Mola Mola (May 27, 2024)

Water visibility not great

Galapagos Bull Head Shark (May 27, 2024)

Galapagos Bull Head Shark (May 27, 2024)

The look very similar to a horn shark we have in southern California

Scalloped Hammerhead Sharks (May 28, 2024)

Scalloped Hammerhead Sharks (May 28, 2024)

A school that swam around, but never really very close to us.

104 1266 (May 30, 2024)

104 1266 (May 30, 2024)

Hello! (May 30, 2024)

Hello! (May 30, 2024)

Sea Lion (May 31, 2024)

Sea Lion (May 31, 2024)

White Tip Shark (May 31, 2024)

White Tip Shark (May 31, 2024)

Reef shark, not the aggressive oceanic white tip

104 1351 (May 31, 2024)

104 1351 (May 31, 2024)

Giant Tortoise (May 31, 2024)

Giant Tortoise (May 31, 2024)

With me in the background to give perspective. This one is estimated to be 120 years old

Giant Tortoise (May 31, 2024)

Giant Tortoise (May 31, 2024)

Giant Tortoise (May 31, 2024)

Giant Tortoise (May 31, 2024)

Going for a little bath

Blue Footed Booby (May 26, 2024)

Blue Footed Booby (May 26, 2024)

104 0969 (May 26, 2024)

104 0969 (May 26, 2024)

104 0974 (May 26, 2024)

104 0974 (May 26, 2024)

Male Frigate Bird (May 26, 2024)

Male Frigate Bird (May 26, 2024)

The males inflate the red "balloon" in their chin to attract females.

Marine Iguana (May 26, 2024)

Marine Iguana (May 26, 2024)